Jean-François Piège very quickly developed a marked interest in cooking. From a very young age, it was in his grandmother’s that he discovered the pleasures of gastronomy and cultivated his passion. An early interest which led him to join the prestigious hotel school of Tain-l’Hermitage very early on. After his training, the famous chef started out in starred establishments, quickly rising through the ranks thanks to his talent and creativity. During his career, he had the chance to work with the greatest.
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Michael Jackson won over by the cuisine of Jean-François Piège
A few years ago, he also occupied a place of choice at the Hôtel De Crillon in Paris. A key moment in his career on which he agreed to return on RTL airwaves. Guest of Bruno Guillon in The Good Sunday Show, Jean-François Piège spoke in particular about one of the best-known personalities in the world to whom he had the honor of having him taste his cuisine. A moment that the radio chose to share in preview on social networks before the broadcast of the show scheduled for this Sunday, September 24, 2023.
“At the time I was chef at Crillon”he says before adding: “There is a global artist who came to spend time, who sat on the balcony from time to time, who was Michael Jackson. And I liked, at the Crillon, in the cooking that I was doing at the time, to bring the popular in this palace which is decorated by Ange-Jacques Gabriel. I made viennois. And he, who was a big child, at reception we had given him these little viennois. When he tasted that, he found it so crazy that he stayed several more days to eat them.” If Michael Jackson was won over by the chef’s dessert, the latter unfortunately never had the chance to meet the artist. “I never saw it, I was just making the chocolate cream.” Quite an anecdote!